diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7a8c8d48d6..a3a974eb62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 3.5.1
+Version 3.5.1 (2017-03-12)
   Friendica Core:
     Updates to the translations (BG, CA, CS, DE, EO, ES, FR, IS, IT, NL, PL, PT-BR, RU, SV) [translation teams]
     Fix for a potential XSS vector [heluecht, thanks to Vít Šesták 'v6ak' for reporting the problem]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5c0c99142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.5.1
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 832a95de40..c8e84e5c75 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require_once('include/dbstructure.php');
 
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'Asparagus');
-define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '3.5.1-rc' );
+define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '3.5.1' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1215      );